• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  Unable to initialize HDV deck (SONY HVR-M15AU)…???

  Posted by Fumihiro Hirota on January 25, 2013 at 10:56 pm

  I was trying to capture some footage using SONY HVR-M15AU to my FCP 7. However, FCP 7 doesn’t recognize cable connection and got error message “Unable to initialize HDV deck Please make sure a deck is connected and try again”

  I tried to use brand new FireWire 800/400 9-pin to 6-pin cable, and tried to put some of firewire 800 sockets from my MAC Pro. But none of above is working…

  I also tried to use SONY HVR-M15AU with my friend’s MAC, it worked no problem.

  I tried to connect my other deck with those firewire 800 sockets from my MAC Pro, it worked great.

  I have no idea why this SONY HVR-M15AU is never work…

  Please someone help…

  Fumihiro Hirota replied 13 years, 7 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Scott Sheriff

  January 25, 2013 at 11:30 pm

  If this deck has a DV/HDV toggle, make sure it’s in the correct position.
  The deck has to be connected to the computer while it’s powered off. Turn on deck power first, then the computer.

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  Fumihiro Hirota

  January 28, 2013 at 7:13 pm

  I already tried it that way… But it didn’t work…

  One wired thing, when I tried to capture DVcam (NOT HD), it works…

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